Cotton-chopper.



No. 680,976. Y y Patented Aug. 2o', Ism.

A. L. Hocker-r.

CVOTTUN CHUPPEB (Applicuion med nac. 14. 1899.-, (No Model.) y 2 Sheets-Sheet Witwen@ No. 680,976. A. L. HUCKETT. CUTTUN CHUPPEB. (Application led Dec. 14, 18921).)

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SPECIFICATION forming'f'art of Letters raient No. 680,976, daten August 20,1901. y

p Application filed December 1.4,

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Be it known that I, AARON L. HOCKETT, a

citizen of theUnited Statesn'residing at Masltodon,v in the county of Panola and State of Mississippi', have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Choppers, of

\ whichthe Vfollowing is a specification, referl ne ' ence 4bein aplanview of the machin-e.

.elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side view with Oneof the carrying-wheels removed, and 30u 4 and their operating means.

g had therein tothe accompanying drawings. 1- i 'My invention relates to 'a cotton-chopper, and more particularly to improved scraper attachments for "this class of machines, said attachments being designed to scrape away the earth on opposite sides of a row. -The invention also includes improveddetails in the construction of the frame andgeneral structure' of the machine.

The present `,invention is an improvement on themachine `described and claimed in an` other application for United States Letters i Patent filed by me of even d'ate herewith, Se-4 v rial No; 740,277; and the novel features ot 'the present invention will'be fully described "hereinafter and defined in the appended claims. t

In theaccompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a front Figs. 1i and 5 are detailviewsof the Scrapers Thereference-numeral l designates a yoke constituting the main frame of the machine and provided at-its rear ends with bearings for4 an axle2, upon which are loosely mount-- ed carrying and driving wheels 4.

The numerals .land 6 designate ratchety wheels fixed upon the axle 2, one adjacent to and h concentric with each of the wheels 4, which latter are each provided with a springpressed pawl 7,adapted to engage the ratchet? wheels to cause the axle `to revolve with the l wheels or to'be disengagedfrom the ratchf etswhen it is desired to move the machine without operating the chopping mechanism.

8 designates a frame for supporting the chopping-wheel shaft and comprising a block or body .portion of wood and metal arms or istraps 9 and 10 for securing the frame 8 to The a'rnn` the axle at an angle. to the latter. 9 is eurvedras shown, and the forward ends sentinanazvs. (nomma.)

nular bearing flanges or rings Y12. The shi rt arm 10 of the frame -rests within and normallyin contact with the adjacentgside ofV the yoke 1. lUpon the axle 2 isarrangeda coil-spring 13, one end of which bears againstL a collar '14, fixed tothe raxle, and lthe other end against the arm 10 to hold the latter 'the arms 9 and 10, is secured a bevel gearwheel 15,'vvhich` meshes with a bevel gear-V shaft 17, which isrevolublysupported lwithin At one side of the frame'S and secured lthis sleeve is loosely supported avertical shaft 21,formed at its rear side with a series jecting from a cam '24, pivotally secured to a bracket 25, projecting from the frame 8 and having a lever-arm 26, connected by a rod 27 with aflever 28, fulcrumed uponthe yokeframe 1, and having a paw] 29`and iingerpiece 30, cooperating' with a ratchet-segment secured to the main frame. The shaft 2l projects from a bracket 31, having parallel ears, between which is mounted a feed-wheel '32 upon a shaft 33. The rear end of the bracket 31 is formed with aloop or eye 34, into which projects 4a guide-pin 35, depending from the' frame 8 and serving to. guide the bracket 31 in its'lverti'cal movement.

36 designates'a lever fulcrum-ed 4upon the lower end with a cam 3,7 which is adapted to come in Contact with the arm 10 of the frame 8 to' force said arm' inward 'against the tengear-pinion 16 out of gear with the gear-wheel semi'circular bearings 11, provided with anagainst the yoke 1. Upon the axle 2,between h pinion 16, mounted upon the front end ofa the bearings 1.1 of the frame 8. Upon'the ping-wheel, which comprises a hublS and thereto by the arm 9 is a sleeve 26, having a longitudinal slot at its rear side. lVithin So of depressions 22 to receive teeth 23, proinnerside of the frame 1 and provided at its I OO sion of the spring13, and thus move thebevol "15. The arnrlO -is flared at the point 3 8 to facilitate the operation of the cam-lever 36. The construction thus far described, with the exception of the details of the vframe 8, is

` substantially like that disclosed in my prior application for patent above referred to and the operationis of course the same;` butthe features now tube described are not disclosed in the said prior application and constitute 'the' mainfeature of the present invention.

39 designates a frame suspended from the axle 2 by means of a bearing40, through which the axle passes, 4and held against lateral play by the collars 14 and 4l. This frame 39 is provided with parallel perforated ears 42 and 43, within which is guideda vertically-adjustable 4plunger-bar 44, formed with a shoulder 45, and surrounded at its upper portion by a coilspring46,which bears against the ear 42 at one end and thevshoulder 45 at its opposite end. To the lower end of the bar 44 is secured a bracket 47, having rearwardlydiverging arms 48, to which is adjustably securedva bar/49, bent centrally to form d iverging arms 50, each of which is formed with a series of holes 5l to receive a spindle 52 of a scraperwheel 53. The twowheels 53,' as

shown, rest at an an'gle to each other and are adapted to operateon opposite sides of a row of cottonl y The holes in the arms 50 permit the scraper-wheels to be adjusted toward'or lfrom each other. At lthe bent or angle point of the bar49lisattached one end of a cord oi"- fulcrunied in the handle of the lever 56. By

throwing the lever 56 rearward the scraperwheels are elevated out of Working position andare locked in this position. by the engagement of the end of the slide-59 with the cen ter ofthe bracket 58.

The vsides of the yoke 1 are connected byal cross-bar 62, which supports a spring-seat consisting of a single piece of wire bent to form loops 63, through which the lcrossbar 62 passes, and having itszends 6 4 bent frward to engage below the-yoke 41, as' shown.

' The operation of the machine will be readily nderstood. 'Ihe inclined oppositely-disposed wheels 53 scrape the earth and shape the row aheadof 4thechopper, which thins'vthe cotton into hills, as is well understood in this art.

I` vclaim-fy 1. In a cotton-chopper, th'ecombination with a rotary chopping-wheel set at an inclination or obliquely to the line offdraft, and a pair of reversel-y-'disposed rotary Scrapers arranged in front of the chopping-wheel and set at forwardly-convergent angles, substantially as described.

2. In a cotton-chopper, the combinationo'f t a rotary chopping-wheel se't obliquely to the 'line of draft, a pair of reversely-disposed ro,

tary Scrapers arranged in front of the chopping-Wheel and .set at forwardly-convergent angles, and a vertically and laterally adj ust- Y able support for said wheels, substautiallyas described..

In testimony whereof I affix in presence of two Witne'sses.

, AARON L. I-IOCKETT. Witnesses: l

W. H. WALL, W. D. WALL.

my signature 

